Desktop GUI Interface

[Junying]

Do you have any plan to develop desktop GUI or client instead of browser interface? because most my customers prefer a dedicated HMI interface such as client instead of brower in the industrial automation field.

Or, is it difficult for us to make a GUI HMI program based on your SCADA-SERVER, or pack a brower into a GUI desktop client? thanks.

[Mikhail]

Hi Junying,

Development and support of the independent desktop UI client requires too much resources. So it is not planned. The second option to pack a browser into a GUI is possible. This task has not got major priority for us, however it can be done as a commercial project. If you are a developer, of course, you are able to implement this.

[welschemeyer]

The easiest way would be to use a browser in kiosk mode.
So we do it for some customers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software

[Mikhail]

What Kiosk software do you use?

[welschemeyer]

We use depending on the customer either Google Chrome in Kiosk mode:

http://www.think2loud.com/868-google-chrome-full-screen-kiosk-mode/

Or have a simple Windows Form application with a web control in Kiosk mode:

web control
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3s8ys666(v=vs.110).aspx

Fullscreen / Kiosk mode
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/505167/how-do-i-make-a-winforms-app-go-full-screen

But so far not been tested with Rapid scada, because we have problems with the installation Raspberry

[Mikhail]

Does WinForm app work correctly in case of popup windows?
I remember about issue with RPi you have sent, I will answer.

[Junying]

Thanks all for the information.

Besides kiosk way you talks, maybe developing a Winform desktop application communcating with SCADA-SERVER is another way. As a programming learner, I guess it is difficult, but maybe worth a try(use Visual Studio). Also the Rapid Scada provides the interface document between scada-server and 3rd party application, thanks.

[welschemeyer]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ityydfbcrzzidc9/Rapid%20Scada%20View.rar?dl=0

Here Is a quick an dirty windows forms Browser …. but popups will be opened in new Internet explorer windows

i will be looking for tabbed browsing on this way

[Mikhail]

Looks nice. In the future SCADA-Web will not use separate popup windows. And this approach will be suitable.

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